CHAPTER 26. 
fome valuable preferments in the church; 
was created Qod:or of divinity in 1702^ and 
died Feb. 18, 1724. 
In 1682, was publiflied, A Journey 
into Greece^ by Gm-^^ Wheler, Efq. in 
company of Dr. Spon, of Lyons -y in fix 
books ; with four tables of coins, and 
*^ many other fculptures/' Fol. pp. 483. 
Thefe gentlemen travelled with Pausa- 
NiAs in their hands, by whofe means they 
correfted, and explained, feveral of the an- 
tiquities and traditions of Greece, The pri- 
mary objedls of thefe learned travellers wxre, 
to copy the infcriptions, and defcribe the 
antiquities and coins of Greece and Afia Mi-^ 
nor, and particularly of Athens^ where they 
fojourned a month. Thefe travels are highly 
valued for their authenticity, and are repleie 
with found and inftru£live erudition to the 
medallift and antiquary. 
Mr. Wheler appears, on all occalions, 
to have been attentive to the natural hiftory 
of Greece^ and particularly to the plants, of 
which he enumerates feveral hundreds in 
this volume, and gives the engravings .of 
fome. Thefe catalogues fufficiehtly evince 
his 
